Iowa's best tour isn't a traditional guided trek around a museum. Instead, prepare to pedal your way through the excursion at your own pace. Rail Explorers in Boone was named Iowa's best tour, ...

There’s something about a train ride in the autumn, isn’t there? Rail tracks often pass through places that cars can’t reach, and a cruise on the tracks offers a sense of seeing scenery that’s truly ...

Ride the rails high above the Des Moines River valley in Boone. Ride the rails high above the Des Moines River valley in Boone.

Iowa has its own version of the Polar Express. Instead of traveling thousands of miles to the North Pole to meet Santa, he joins you during the hour-and-a-half train ride. Boone and Scenic Valley ...

Autumn foliage in the countryside next to a railroad track near Boone, Iowa - jholder70/Shutterstock Often dismissed as a sleepy flyover state, Iowa's windswept grasslands are scattered with hidden ...

Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 was delivered to Union Pacific in 1941. This summer, it will take passengers on a trip from Omaha to Boone, Iowa. Union Pacific's historic steam locomotive Living ...